Waist



E. RICKERT.

WAIST.

APPLIcmoN FILED SEPT. 23. isla.

Patented Fel 1, 1921.A

PATENT oFFlycE.

EMMA. RICKEBT, 0F, AURORA, ILLINOIS.

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Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Feb. 1 1921.

Application filed September 23, 1918. i Serial No. 255,279.

To all whom may concern.

Be it known that I, EMMA RIoKlnrr, a citizen of the United States, residing at i Aurora, in the county of Kane and State of Illinois, have invented certainnew and useful Improvements in Waists, of which the following is a specification, refen'encebeing` had to the accompanying drawings.

rlhis invention relates to waists, and has for its primary object to provide an improved underwaist for children constructed of tubular, knit material without seams, and a simple and effective arrangement of fabric reinforcing strips to which the drawers or other garments may be secured. It is another object of my invention to provide an underwaist closed at the front and rear and having separable `shoulder strap sections, and suitable fastening means therefor whereby the waist may be easily and quickly donned or removed.

It is also a further general object of my invention to provide an underwaist as above characterized, which is exceedingly simple in its construction, strong, serviceable and convenient in practical use, and capable of manufacture at relatively small cost.

With the above and other objects in view, the invention consists in the improved form, construction and relative arrangement of the various parts as will be hereinafter more fully described, subsequently claimed and illustrated in the accompanying drawing in 'which similar reference characters designate corresponding parts throughout the several views, and wherein Figure 1 is a perspective view of the waist, as applied, and showing the front of the waist and a portion of the side, thereby clearly showing the front tabs l0 and the downwardly extending tabs 12.

Fig. 2 is a perspective view of the waist showing the back face thereof anda portion of the opposite side, `showing the tabs which extend downwardly and inwardly at the rear, and also showing one of the tabs 12.

Referring in detail to the drawing, 5 designates the body of the garment, constructed of tubular, knit fabric. This garment body is formed in one piece, without seams, and the front and rear sides thereof are each pro vided at its upper end with the shoulder strap sections or attenuations 6.

To the front and rear portions of the body 5 and upon the exterior thereof, the long1- tudinally extending reinforcing tapes 7 are securely stitched. Similar fabric tapes 8 are also secured to each side of the waist body and extend upwardly upon the front and rear portions thereof and upon the shoulder strap extensions G. Suitable button holes are provided in the ends of the front shoulder strap extensions and the ends of the tapes 8, and buttons or analogous fas fening elements, indicated at 9, are secured to the other ends of said tapes on the rear shoulder strap extensions `for engagement`f"`A lthrough said button holes.

To each of the reinforcing tapes at the gfront and rear sides of the waist, short, ob-

liquely disposed, inwardly projecting tabs These tabs may be free or un-` l0 are secured. connected to the garment body, or may be suitably stitched thereto, as desired. Prei erably, the reinforcing tapes 8, between the tabs l0,are formed with downwardly pro jecting extension tabslQa, as shown inFig.

2 of the drawing. `Said extension tabs l2*3L merge integrally into the tapes 8, and these extension tabs 12a as well as the reinforcing tapes 7, are each provided with buttons, shown at l2, to which the drawers or other garments may be attached.

In the use of the improved waist, the shoulder strap sections are disconnected and the waist slipped downwardly over the childs head into position `upon the body.

The ends of the shoulder strap extensions 6 are thenbrought together over the shoulders and connected by means of the buttons 9. The waistis thus securely held in position upon the body, and owing to the` omission of front or rearv openings, the body of the waist may be constructed to accurately or snugly fit the trunk of. the wearer. The provision of the reinforcing tapes obviate stretchin of the knit material by the pull of the weight of the other garments which are connected to the waist. The improved waist will, therefore, be very durable and serviceable in practical use, and as only two fastening devices are necessary to connect the shoulder strap extensions it will be manifest that the waist can be very easily and quickly donned or removed. It is apparent, of course, that the waist can be made in larger or smaller sizes for use by misses, adults, or infants, and owing to the very simple construction thereof, it may be manufactured and sold at relatively small cost. It will be noted that the tapes 8 extend downwardly at the front and rear partially toward the sides of the gar ment, and are curved' and constructed of non-elastic material, and being that the body of the garment is madeof elastic knit mateterial,'tensions upon the extensions 12a, due t suspending the lower undergarment thereon would tend to packer the knit material of 1 the garment under the arms, causing the garlmentto be. uncomfortable on the wearer, and

at the same time cause an irritation to the body. However, thetabs 10 which extend inwardly and'obliquely at the front andv the rear of the garment adjacent the sides are likewisev to be under tension by suspending the lower undergarments thereon, and the tension on these tabs acts to counteract the Vtension on the tapes 8, and prevent the puckering and irritating feeling on the body of the wearer under the arms.

i While. the preferred form, construction andY relative arrangement of the various elements of the improved waist have been herein shown ,and described, it is to be understood that the-device is susceptible of many modi- Y fications therein and, accordingly, the privihead in position upon the body of the wearer, the apparel body being made of knit elastic material, the upper portions of the front and back of the apparel body having extensions to be connected over the shoulders overlappingly, reinforced non-elastic tapes stitched to the shoulder extensions and arranged in pairs, the tapes of each pair extending downwardly at the front and rear of and slightly toward the sides of the apparel body and curved toward each other and integrally connected, the integrally connected parts of said tapes merging integrally into extension tabs, said extension tabs being located at the lower sides of the apparel body, whereby the tension exerted thereon by a lower undergarment would tend to pucker the knit material under the arm pits, short additional non-elastic tabs stitched to the tapes adjacent where they merge integrally together, said additional non-elastic tabs being located at the front and rear sides of the waist and inwardly and obliquely disposed, whereby the tension of said lower undergarment thereon, acts to counteract tension on the tapes and prevent the puekering of the knit material under the arm pits.

In testimony whereof I hereunto aiix my signature.

EMMA RICKERT. 

